The Locust Grove Elementary Citizenship Award honors students who daily demonstrate good citizenship at school. Students vote for the boy and girl in their class that demonstrate citizenship, a positive attitude, academic growth, leadership and sportsmanship.

Accomplishments: In her first trip to the National Junior Olympics Tae Kwon Do competition, Hoard brought home a gold medal in sparring representing the Kentucky Tae Kwon Do and Fitness Academy of Crestwood.

Hoard has been training at the Crestwood facility for three years. Her brother, Luke, won a silver medal in sparring.

LA GRANGE – The North Oldham Little League Senior softball all-stars fell just short in their quest for a state title Monday, falling to Adair County 10-5 at Walsh Park.

Adair County took the lead 2-0 in the second inning before the North stars came back to score two of their own in the third after Paige Whittaker reached on an error and Kelly Vogel tripled. Vogel scored off a fielder’s choice off the bat of Kara Stinson.

Adair County, however, came back to break the game open with six runs in the fourth inning.